Lobbying works, just not for you

By Krystyn Tully and Joanna Bull, Waterkeeper.ca Weekly April 26 2011

Would it surprise you to learn that the “effective” new air quality regulations Ontario introduced have been rolled back – weakened – not once, but twice in the five years that they’ve been in force? It’s true.

The latest round of rollbacks comes at the behest of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, an industry and trade lobby group. It is a case study in why lobbying works for industry, but fails the rest of us.